Obsession

I am still stuck on the first quote from the class, page 92,” In other studies you go as far as others have gone before you, and this nothing more to know; but in a scientific pursuit there is a continual food for discovery and wonder(92),” maybe because I didn’t say all that I wanted about our groups quote but didn’t want to take away from the other group. They had a really good angle. I was taking it more literal, his point on discovery. Two sentences before the quote, “Two years passed…I paid no visit to Geneva, but I was engaged (92)…” he talks about not going to Geneva even though it is a popular site to reencounter. His obsession led him further down the path of discovery. This is where I saw him putting his individual away from society. In the quote directly in front of it, “None of these who have experienced them can conceive of the enticement of science,(92)” I saw him putting his adventure and discovery about all other just because it was in the name of science. Even though he is in new land territory, his discovery of science including the monster is higher than any other person’s level of discovery. His obsession with this is that of an evil sorts, I mean evil as in consuming not necessarily Satan… evil. If I was any person receiving these letters in that time, I would probably get annoyed by the arrogance. But, then again, like we mentioned in class there weren’t too many educated people back in society at this point, so his letters serve as an outlet to the imagination. Readers suspect the truth because of the lack of proof otherwise. It isn’t dangerous to the reader, just the man doing the experiments (Victor) and his obsession.